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A study on the contribution of two past great Indian

MANOHAR M. MANE AND AMOL SHIVADE Received : 17.10 2011; Revised : 28.11.2011; Accepted : 06.012012

See end of the article for ABSTRACT authors’ affiliations To stress the various change in the field of Indian cricket and achievement and records of Saurav Ganguly’s Correspondence to : and Mohammed Azharuddin, the investigator attempted to secure all available related information. The MANOHAR M. MANE present study was conducted on two past great Indian cricket captains and in this Paper there has been Department of Physical Education, used a descriptive approach style with screening due to its compatibility with the nature of the problem. Universtity of MUMBAI (M.S.) Key Words : Contribution, Great, Indian cricket captain, Saurav Ganguly, Mohammed Azharuddin Email: manoharmane14@ How to cite this paper : Mane, Manohar M. and Shivade, Amol (2012). A study on the contribution of yahoo.com two past great Indian cricket captain. Internat. J. Phy. Edu. , 5 (1) : 5-9.

istory of Indian cricket reveals the fact that though best by comparing the performance of two Indian the game was introduced by the Britishers, its captains. Hpopularity was kept on increasing with passing time. Cricket, today, is being played all over the country. Cricket is Limitation of the study : undoubtedly one of the most popular sports in India and the – The information was collected from written sources game is being played all over the country, since its inception. available from literature. The exact day, month or year of cricket’s inception in India is – The information was collected related person to the still shrouded in mystery, as nobody knows about it. However, subject. according to some people, the Indians started playing the game for the first time in an organized way in the year 1848. Delimitation of the study : The first Indian cricket club named the Parsee Oriental Cricket – The study was delimited only on two players. Club was founded in that year and they played their first – The present study was delimited only cricket captains match in Bombay (Mumbai). Thus, cricket started its journey and game. in India. The history of Indian cricket started its journey in the The information was gathered from related books, place named Sylhet (located in today‘s Bangladesh). abstracts, journals, magazines, sports quarterly, etc. is not just a game it is a religion in India. According to Kamlesh (1983), a case study survey in Today Indian cricket team is one of the world’s best team research methodology is a complete analysis and report status (currently when the manuscript is being e wetten, India ranks of a particular and unique individual, subject, schools and number 1 in ICC test ranking). But the journey was not that institutions, for the improvement of status of the case study. easy, there are some milestones that Indian cricket team has The talent idea of case study is to know the reality to ascertain crossed during this journey. weaknesses and strengths and finally to bring about desirable change or improvement. Objectives of the study : Dorothy (1996) did a historical case study on Joan Benoit – To find out the past records of Indian captain’s Samuelson Reveals that: At the tender age of twenty- six, related to their performance, to find out who is the Joan made her name shine around the globe. Merely 17 days

HIND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE MANOHAR M. MANE AND AMOL SHIVADE after agonizing knee surgery, Joan won the 1984 Olympic trials. Saurav Ganguly’s information : She was the winner of the first Olympic women’s Marathon in Mr. Saurav Chandidas Ganguly was born on July 8 th 1972 the same year. and he was introduced into the world of cricket by his elder Chandrashekaran Nair (1982) Opines that play shall brother Mr. Snehashish. He made his debut for India against constitute a major portion of child’s education. If parents are West Indies in 1992. He is a left hand batsman and medium enthusiastic about a given physical activity, especially if he/ faster bowler. He was appointed as a captain of the Indian she is stilled in it and serves as an example, the chances of cricket team in February 2000. He made a new world record by child becoming interested are large. Society has the social getting 5 consecutive "Man of the match" awards. He was obligation of making available the facilities for sports teaching named sports star person of the year 1998. In the year 2004, and participation in schools, colleges and other institutions. he was conferred upon with the Padmashri award. Jonathan in (1984) presented and interpreted significance In Ganguly life, one of his most memorable performances data regarding life of Eugene Lusxrobert, fielding now meaning was in the final of the Independence cup at against and professional contributions. In extensive review of Pakistan, when the entire Pakistan team walked back in stating literature and the usage of data collecting methods, personal bad light along with the umpires, but Ganguly refused to come interview and biographical data comprised the primary source in. Ganguly scored 124 in that match in darkness, while of data. An examination of text books, news papers, journals, Hrishikesh Kanitkar scored the winning runs with a boundary. articles and historical records, constituted of secondary source Ganguly played his last match against Australia in input. The data compiled, classified and interpreted according the year 2008, and scored 85 runs. He played his last ODI to the purpose of study. cricket match against Pakistan on 15th of November 2007, in Narsimha Murthy (1993) conducted a case study on which he scored 5 runs. and his study reveals that Kapil Dev was born 6 th January 1959 at Chandigarh. In the 1969, he joined the Mohammad Azharuddin’s Information : Dayanand Anglo Vedic School and College. In the age of Mohammad Azharuddin was born on 6 th February 1963 fourteen he played for his school. In 1976 when he was just in and he made his debut in international test cricket short of seventeen years he went to play for his state Haryana on 30 th December 1984 against England. He is a Right-handed in against Punjab. In 1978 at the age of 19 years, batsman and bowled an occasional right-arm medium. he was selected for Indian Test team against Pakistan. Azharuddin made one of the best starts to test cricket ever; he scored a century in his 1st innings against England METHODOLOGY at in December 1984, and then made two more in his Design of the study : next two tests. The only person to score three centuries in his To investigate the contribution of two great past Indian first three tests. He made his ODI debut later in the series captains, the case study has been designed in which the against England at Bangalore in January 1985 scoring a historical analysis based on the survey utilized to collect the creditable 47 off 37 balls. He holds the record of “fastest data. The study was purely comparative in a nature, which ODI century by an Indian”, scoring his hundred in just his 62 was based on historical method. balls against New Zealand in 1988. Azharuddin became India’s captain in 1990 and they Collection of data : proceeded to win 14 test matches with him at the helm. He was Data were collected on available information in named "Wisden Cricketer" of the Year in 1991. Azharuddin newspapers, magazines, internet and other sources. made 22 test centuries and 7 in the One Day game over his 15 years as an international cricketer. Unfortunately, his career Analysis of data : was brought to an abrupt halt, one test shy of his 100th, as he In this study, the descriptive method of research was was banned for life in 2000 due to his connection with match used and different tools were used for the data collection. fixing. The comparative analysis was done with the available Mohammad Azharuddin and Saurav were the famous information of two past great Indian captains on the basis of captains of India. Ganguly has captained India in most number the objectives of the study. of tests in 49. While Azharuddin has captained India in 47 matches. Ganguly has led India to victory in 21 matches, the OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSION most by any Indian captain while stands second most The results obtained from the present investigation are successful captain leading to 14 victories. Ganguly has presented below: recorded victory on Indian soil against every team that has visited India accepted new while India did not play Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on hence soil under his leadership the

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Table 1 : Career information of Saurav Ganguly

Personal information Full name Sourav Chandidas Ganguly Born 8 July 1972 (age 38) Nickname The God of the Off Side Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) style Left-handed Bowling style Right arm medium Role Batsman Relations Snehasish Ganguly (brother) International Information National side India Test debut (cap 207) 20 June 1996 v England Last Test 6 November 2008 v Australia ODI debut (cap 84) 11 January 1992 v West Indies Last ODI 15 November 2007 v Pakistan Domestic team information Years Team 1989/90–2009/10 Bengal 2000 Lancashire 2005 Glamorgan 2006 Northamptonshire 2008–2010 Kolkata Knight Riders Career statistics Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 113 311 242 426 Runs scored 7,212 11,363 14,933 15,278 Batting average 42.17 41.02 43.92 41.51 100s/50s 16/35 22/72 31/85 31/94 Top score 239 183 239 183 Balls bowled 3,117 4,561 10,968 7,949 32 100 164 168 52.53 38.49 36.82 38.41 5 wickets in innings 0 2 4 2 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 3/28 5/16 6/46 5/16 Catches/stumpings 71/– 100/– 166/– 129/– benchmark match, which was won by India against England According to the above features mentioned, it can be in England, was also under the leadership of Ganguly. concluded that between Azharuddin and Ganguly the man Ganguly is credited with having nurtured the careers of who deserves the title of the “BEST CAPTAIN” is Ganguly. many young players who played under him. Praising Saurav Because his record says, in his reign India has won the Ganguly’s, Mohammad Azharuddin once said that it was maximum matches and record winning match against England. Saurav Ganguly’s good work. Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin said it was

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Table 2 : Career information of Mohammad Azharuddin Personnel information

Full name Mohammad Azharuddin Born 8 February 1963 (age 48) Nickname Ajju Batting style Right-handed batsman Bowling style Right-arm medium Role Batsman International information National side India Test debut (cap 169) 30 December 1984 v England Last test 2 March 2000 v South Africa ODI debut (cap 51) 20 January 1985 v England Last ODI 3 June 2000 v Pakistan Domestic team information Years Team 1981–2000 Hyderabad 1983–2000 South zone 1991–1994 Derbyshire Career statistics Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 99 334 229 433 Runs scored 6,215 9,378 15,855 12,941 Batting average 45.03 36.92 51.98 39.33 100s/50s 22/21 7/58 54/74 11/85 Top score 199 153* 226 161* Balls bowled 13 552 1,432 827 Wickets 0 12 17 15 Bowling average – 39.91 46.23 47.26 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0 10 wickets in match – n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 0/4 3/19 3/36 3/19 Catches/stumping 105/– 156/– 220/– 200/–

20 00 Saurav Ganguly’s good work that has helped M.S. Dhoni in 18 00 capitulating rich dividends.Ganguly has been the best Indian 16 00 captain, who made a major turn around in Indian cricket in bad 14 00 12 00 time the current captain M.S. Dhoni has improved it further. 10 00 Azharuddin Even the ratings and graphs disclosed that Ganguly 8 00 Ganguly 6 00 holds the better records and he deserve the top most position. 4 00 Even though both have same winning rate but the 2 00 0 matches won by Ganguly are maximum according to matches 19 85 19 87 198 9 1 99 1 1 99 3 1 9 95 1997 19 9 9 2 00 1 2 003 2 00 5 2 007 played Therefore, he can said to master the charts all the way. Fig.1: and Mohammad Azharuddin comparing Ganguly has scored the most number of centuries while record captaining India (11). Azharuddin has the most number of

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